Dr Matt Mulvey
- Position: Associate Professor of Applied Pain Research
- Areas of expertise: Applied health research methodology; Clinical Trials; Complex Intervention Development; Process Evaluation; Pain assessment; Cancer pain; Neuropathic pain; Quantitative Sensory Testing.
- Email: M.R.Mulvey@leeds.ac.uk
- Phone: +44(0)113 343 0836
- Location: 10.39 Worsley
Profile
2007-2010; PhD Neurophysiology, Leeds Beckett University, UK
2010-2012; Post-Doctoral Research Associate, Arthritis Research UK Epidemiology Unit, University of Manchester, UK
2012-2017; Post-Doctoral Research Fellow, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
2017-present; Yorkshire Cancer Research University Academic Fellow, Leeds Institute of Health Sciences, University of Leeds, UK
My research focuses on improving the management of pain for people with cancer. Through better understanding the neurophysiological mechanisms of cancer pain, we hope to improve the assessment and treatment of cancer pain by developing complex interventions implemented within primary and secondary healthcare settings.
Responsibilities
- Deputy Lead for Postgraduate Studies, Leeds Institute for Health Sciences
- Co-Lead Statistics for Health Sciences, MSc Module
- Module Lead, Intervention Research, Health Research PGCert
Research interests
- Applied Health Research methdology
- Complex Intervention development, implementation evaluation and adaptation.
- Neurophysiology of cancer pain and neuropathic pain
- Quantitative sensory testing
- Applied health research methodology
- Systematic review methodology
Student education
I am interested in supervising PhDs and Masters in applied health sciences.
Research groups and institutes
- St Gemma's Academic Unit of Palliative Care
- Leeds Institute of Health Sciences
- Palliative care
- Cancer